Improvement in sack-holders



I L MILLI'HSER..

Sack-Holder.

No. 166,128, Patentedluly 27,1a75..

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ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN L. MILLHISER, OF MARSHALLTOWN, IOWA, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS HISRIGHT TO JOEL S. EDWARDS AND RANDOLPH F. MARSHALL, OF

SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN SACK-HOLDERS.

Specification forming part of LettersPatentNo.166,128, dated July 27,1875; application filed April 17, 1875.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN LUTHER MILL- HIsER,of Marshalltown, in the county of M arshall and State of Iowa, haveinvented a new and valuable Improvement in Sack- Holders; and I dohereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact descriptionof the construction andoperation of the same, reference being had to theannexed drawi ngs, making a part of this specification, and to theletters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a plan View of mysackholder, and Fig. 2 is a vertical central sectional view of the same.

This invention has relation to sack-holders; and it consists in theconstruction and novel arrangement of the portable hopper, its socketsand hooks, and the extensible and detachable legs, as hereinafter fullyshown and described.

In the accompanying drawings, the letterA designates the hopper orconduit adapted to receive the grain and transfer it into the sack. This.is made in the usual hopper or funnel form. To the lower portion of thehopper, near the discharging-mouth, are attached the suspending-hooks a(1. These are secured to the exterior wall of the hopper, as shown inthe drawings. About midway of the height of the exterior wall aresecured thereto socketpieces 1), into which the upper ends or tenons cof the supporting-legs B are received. These legs are detachable, and,in order that the hopper may be held at different heights, they are madeextensible. Each leg consists of the main portion d and one or moreextensions, 6, hinged thereto to fold inward, as slown at g, andprovided with bolts h and staples a, to lock the leg in its extendedform. When extended, the adjacent ends of the sections of the supporterare made to abut against each other, and the supporter being inclinedinward, or in the direction of the weight, the steadiness of the legs isinsured.

When in position the sack is suspended by means of the hooks a under thedischargingmouth of the hopper between the supporters.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- Thesack-holder consisting of the supporting-hopper A and theinwardly-inclined detachable legs B, having extensions 6 hinged to foldinward, and stiffening-bolts It, substantially asspecified.

In testimony that I claim the above, I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two vitnesses.

JOHN LUTHER MILLHISER.

Witnesses:

J oEL SMITH EDWARDS, THOMAS WALLACE.

